Savory watermelon

[movingtohouston]

Originally Posted by southdown

Vodka Watermelon

1 large ripe watermelon
1 bottle of vodka

What to do: cut a hole in the top of the melon, wide & deep enough to wedge in a funnel tightly. Pour some vodka into the melon through the funnel: leave to sit for a day, then top up. Do this for a few days, keeping the melon chilled all the while until it is saturated with drink.

Slice, serve, eat, smile

We did that in college at a Jimmy Buffett concert. Snuck the watermelon/vodka right past security. It was great. Ahhh the memories. I believe I started the congo line that night. LOL

[bjh]

Originally Posted by HighlandsGal

Cooking Light had a recipe this summer for a salad with watermelon, red onion, and feta in it that was awesome. I'll try to dig it out this week.....or you can look online for it

Thanks for mentioning that, HG. Rakhi posted something similar.

Also I found this, looks interesting:
http://www.thefoodproject.org/uploadedfiles/csa_news_2005-08-16.pdf (broken link)

Originally Posted by Minathebrat

I'm really intrigued now about savory watermelon dishes! I would imagine the flesh is too tender to withstand much heat, so it's mostly salady type stuff? I'm going to go on a search!

Yes, the savory h2o-melon we tasted was a cool salad.

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Gosh, i didn't envision this as a post about spiked watermelon. I don't drink by I respect others' right to get sloshed.

Congo, congo ,congo --- hey!!!

[Gue]

I guess it doesn't have to be a summertime drink. LOL!

[bjh]

Yesterday I wanted savory watermelon and didn't have the ingredients for anything fancy. So I diced some watermelon and spooned a generous portion of the pickle juice over the watermelon in a bowl. It was pretty darn good.